This is a list of women writers who were born in Tunisia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A Ines Abassi (born 1982), poet, journalist Faouzia Aloui (born 1958), poet, novelist Hind Azouz (1926–2015), short story writer, essayist
B Hélé Béji (born 1948), novelist, essayist Souhayr Belhassen (born 1943), journalist, women's rights activist Essma Ben Hamida (born 1951), journalist, entrepreneur Néjia Ben Mabrouk (born 1949), screenwriter Lina Ben Mhenni (1983–2020), linguist, activist, writer and blogger Sihem Bensedrine (born 1950), journalist, human rights activist Sophie Bessis (born 1947), Tunisian-born French historian and feminist Noura Borsali (1953–2017), journalist, writer and feminist Messaouda Boubaker (born 1954), novelist, short story writer Dorra Bouzid (1933–2023), journalist, art critic and feminist
C Aïcha Chaibi, novelist Amira Charfeddine (fl. 2019), novelist Djemâa Chraïti (born 1960), writer Rachida el-Charni (born 1967), short story writer and novelist Mounira M. Charrad (born 1942), Franco-Tunisian sociologist active in the United States
E Fadela Echebbi (born 1946), poet Sophie el Goulli (1931–2015), poet, novelist, historian
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Faten Fazaâ, novelist
G Wafa Ghorbel (1975- ), novelist, academic and singer. Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015), writer and art historian Amel Grami, academic, writer, and women's rights activist Nidhal Guiga (born 1975), actress, playwright, screen writer and film director
H
Jalila Hafsia (1927-2023), novelist, journalist
Gisèle Halimi (1927–2020), feminist writer, lawyer Fethia Hechmi (born 1955), poet and novelist
K Sabiha Khemir (born 1959), novelist, non-fiction writer, illustrator, artist
L Meherzia Labidi Maïza (1963–2021), politician, translator and writer Latifa Lakhdar (born 1956), historian and politician Dalenda Larguèche (born 1953), historian and women's rights activist
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Sonia Mabrouk (born 1977), Tunisian-born French journalist and author Lamia Makaddam (born 1971), poet, journalist and translator Boutheina Jabnoun Marai, contemporary journalist, magazine publisher Samar Samir Mezghanni (born 1988), Arabic-language children's writer Nabiha Ben Miled (1919–2009), feminist and social justice advocate Emna Mizouni (fl. since 2013), communications expert, business executive, Wikimedian of the Year 2019 Amel Mokhtar (born 1964), journalist and novelist Amel Moussa (fl. 1990s), poet
P Perpetua (died 203), writer of a prison diary from Carthage, The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity
R Naziha Réjiba, journalist, founded the online journal Kalima in 2000
S Amina Said (born 1953), French-language poet, short story writer, essayist
T Alia Tabaï (born 1961), novelist Najiya Thamir (1926–1988), essayist, short story writer, playwright, novelist, women's rights activist
Z Fawzia Zouari (born 1955), writer and journalist
See also List of women writers List of Tunisian writers
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